The cover of the book has a picture of the Orion Nebulae
with neighboring interstellar gases illuminated by
starlight. Dillow: “One day, according to the Bible,
mankind will be placed over all the works of God’s
hands. He will conquer the galaxies!” So, for you
adventurers out there, this should be exciting. And for
many of you who are serious Bible students and teachers,
this review should prove both strongly informative
and exhilarating.

Mr. Dillow has a science degree
with a major in electrical Engineering and a Th.D degree
from the Dallas Theological Seminary. He has served on
the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, Christian Family
Life, and has been a visiting instructor in Systematic
Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. For
many years he and his wife Linda have lived in Vienna,
Austria where he has served as the founder and director
of Biblical Education by Extension International (BEE),
a biblical training ministry for church leadership in
Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.

Rarely do I come across a book
that I feel will have a major impact on how one may
interpret God’s Word, particularly as it relates to
eschatology (doctrine of end-time events) and the final
significance of man. But now I believe I have; let me
explain.

I have always been a strong
defender of the doctrine pertaining to the “eternal
security of the believer.” This is not changed!! But I
would be less than honest if I told you that there were
no passages within the Bible that appear to conflict
with this view and that I am completely satisfied with
my understanding of these seemingly paradoxical segments
of Holy Writ. Nevertheless, I have lived with this
discomfort knowing that there is ample scripture in
support of “once saved always saved,” and that my finite
mind is unable to fully understand God’s entire message
(yeah, I know, somewhat of a “cop-out”). And, after
all, there are several commentaries penned by great
theologians, who provide plausible solutions to these
problematic passages; but never to my complete
satisfaction.

Furthermore, I have always been
aware that even though saved, one day we will all have
to answer to our Lord at the Bema (judgment) seat of
Christ, not to mention that we are disciplined as
children of God in this life. And so it was in
preparation for a study regarding the “judgments of God”
that led me into material by Zola Levitt (a Christian
Jew whom many of you know about) and others that somehow
led me to a book entitled The Reign of the Servant
Kings—A Study of Eternal Security and the Final
Significance of Man by Joseph C. Dillow, which is
published by the Schoettle Publishing Company of
Hayesville, North Carolina.

Mr. Dillow has a science degree
with a major in electrical Engineering and a Th.D degree
from the Dallas Theological Seminary. He has served on
the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, Christian Family
Life, and has been a visiting instructor in Systematic
Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. For
many years he and his wife Linda have lived in Vienna,
Austria where he has served as the founder and director
of Biblical Education by Extension International (BEE),
a biblical training ministry for church leadership in
Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.

What caught my attention was the
“sub-title” of his book, “A Study of Eternal Security
and the Final Significance of Man.” The book is 650
pages long with a total of 25 chapters. From its very
first pages, my interest was sparked with the capsulated
explanation of the book’s message and how it totally
supports what Chuck Missler often says about the Bible:
“The New Testament is concealed in the Old Testament and
the Old Testament is revealed in the New Testament.” I
was strongly intrigued as to how the book’s thesis
appears to shed genuine light on God’s message to man
and how it “brings together” in a consistent manner many
of the problematic passages mentioned above and ties
them into a comprehensible and logical whole with the
eschatological applications in Scripture. I must
further add that the book deals in a most excellent
fashion with the erroneous view of "lordship salvation,"
which adds onto the gospel message of faith
alone in Christ alone a second requirement of
works. And, it provides a clear understanding of how
the Calvinistic doctrine of "the perseverance of the
saints" is misleading in light of the various examples
within God's Word of true believers who have "fallen
away" (which was the situation in my life for many
years).

Because of this, I have decided
to initiate a “review-summary-outline” of this work by
Mr. Dillow. I will produce and submit it
chapter-by-chapter. It will significantly reduce the
book down to its germane contents (message). Most of
this review-summary-outline will be direct quotes, so
that I will not mislead you. I of course encourage you
to purchase the book for yourself should you find the
review enlightening, but the review will be complete
enough so that you won’t miss the salient points. I
will have it posted “by chapter” on my website.